The types were known as amphtrack, 'Amtrak', 'amtrac', etc. Originally intended solely as cargo carriers for ship to shore operations, they evolved into assault troop and fire support vehicles. The United States Marine Corps, United States Army, and Canadian and British armies used several LVT models during World War II. Packed with information on tank numbers, types, and comparative performance, this book sheds new light on the two sides' tanks, organization, and doctrine, and explains how the ultimate tank battles of World War II were really fought.The Landing Vehicle Tracked (LVT) is an amphibious warfare vehicle and amphibious landing craft, introduced by the United States Navy. But with German forces crumbling, the Panzerwaffe lacked trained crews, replacement vehicles and fuel, while the Allies' well-supported tank forces advanced through Germany in spectacular combined-arms fashion. In contrast the Panzer forces had pinned their hopes on small numbers of monstrous types such as the Jagdtiger and Tiger II, as well as the workhorse Sturmgeschütz and Panzer IVs and Vs. In these last months the Allies were now equipped with the most advanced Shermans such as the M4A3E8, as well as some of the types that would go on to have successful postwar careers such as the Pershing, Comet, and Chaffee.

The Battle of Germany saw the most advanced tanks of the Allies pitted against the remnants of the once-formidable Panzerwaffe, now exhausted and lacking many of the essentials of armored warfare, but equipped with the biggest and most powerful tanks they would ever field. The crossing of the river Rhine marked the beginning of the end of the Third Reich, but the Wehrmacht would fight ferociously on its home soil until the fall of Berlin. L’iconografia comprende foto dei mezzi in azione e di dettagli le stupende tavole a colori e i disegni al tratto sono di grande aiuto per i modellisti. Il testo, scritto dai massimi esperti della materia è essenziale ma esauriente. Ogni volume fornisce la storia completa dello sviluppo, del design e dell’impiego operativo di un famoso mezzo corazzato o pezzo d’artiglieria. Serie molto apprezzata dai modellisti e appassionati di mezzi corazzati.

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